EP2545389A1 - Instrument et procédé de détection des décharges électriques partielles - Google Patents

Instrument et procédé de détection des décharges électriques partielles

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EP2545389A1
EP2545389A1 EP11714662A EP11714662A EP2545389A1 EP 2545389 A1 EP2545389 A1 EP 2545389A1 EP 11714662 A EP11714662 A EP 11714662A EP 11714662 A EP11714662 A EP 11714662A EP 2545389 A1 EP2545389 A1 EP 2545389A1
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Gian Carlo Montanari
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  • This invention relates to an instrument and a method for detecting partial electrical discharges.
  • a partial discharge is an electric discharge limited to a portion of the insulation of an electrical apparatus and does not therefore cause immediate failure of the apparatus but its gradual degradation. By their very nature, therefore, partial discharges are substantially limited in extent to a defect in the insulating system.
  • diagnostic methods based on the detection and interpretation of partial discharges are among the most promising and widely studied in the context of scientific research since the study of partial discharges makes it possible to investigate the nature of defects in the insulating system where the discharges occur.
  • This invention relates in particular to detection methods of the electrical type which, as is known, involve measuring the current pulses that travel a detection circuit coupled to the electrical system being checked.
  • discharge pulses These detected current pulses (hereinafter referred to, for convenience, as discharge pulses) have a time profile that depends on the dynamics of the partial discharges (that is, on the physics of the discharge phenomena) and on the nature of the means which the detected pulses cross as they travel from the discharge site (where the discharges occur) to the detection site.
  • the time profile of the discharge pulses consisting of the waveform of the pulses themselves, contains precious diagnostic information regarding both the physical phenomena associated with the discharges (correlated with the nature of the defects of the insulating system) and the nature of the medium which the detected pulses travel through (correlated with the location of the defects in the insulating system).
  • the discharge pulses contain information that can be used at diagnostic level, it would be very important to detect the pulses in a very wide detection band, for example in the order of ten MHz or more, or at least several MHz.
  • the discharge signals detected on an electrical apparatus are therefore associated with corresponding apparent charge values by multiplying the amplitudes of the signals by the calibration factor previously determined for that apparatus during calibration.
  • IEC 60270 lays down specifications for detection instruments in order to make the measurement results comparable and consistent, This standard thus specifies the characteristics of PD measuring instruments and also specifies how to test their performance.
  • the standard lays down the specifications for the passband of the detection instruments; the standard recommends that low cut-off frequency (fl) should be between 30 and 100 kHz, that high cut-off frequency (f2) should be less than 500 kHz and that the bandwidth value (f2-fl) should be within the range of between 100 and 400 kHz, these frequency values to be measured at an attenuation of 6 dB relative to the band centre.
  • the standard states that instruments with a particularly wide detection bandwidth (greater than a few MHz) cannot be calibrated in compliance with the standard.
  • a digital passband filter implemented via software is used to convert the digital discharge signal detected in broadband into a digital signal corresponding to the digital signal that would have been detected if the input stage had the desired bandwidth (compliant with the standard), This filtered digital signal is sent to an output stage together with the unfiitered digital signal so that the output stage can compare the data of the two signals (filtered and unfiitered) relating to the same pulses.
  • Another problem in measuring partial discharges lies in the fact that the signals detected do not always correspond to the partial discharges but often include components corresponding to noise.
  • the measuring circuit often includes signal components relating to common mode noise (consisting of homopolar components) due to noise which couples to the measuring circuit through earth.
  • the measuring circuit includes a capacitor (called coupling capacitor) connected in parallel to the measuring impedance device to form a low-impedance grid for the signals with a high frequency content.
  • a capacitor called coupling capacitor
  • the measuring circuit also comprises a measuring impedance device across whose terminals the measurement ⁇ signal is picked up.
  • the measuring impedance device is usually connected in series with the electric apparatus (in which case it is called direct-measuring impedance device), that is to say, it is connected across a low- voltage terminal of the electric apparatus and an earth node.
  • the measuring impedance device is connected in series with the coupling capacitor (in which case it is called indirect- measuring impedance device), that is to say, it is connected across the earth node and a low- voltage terminal of the coupling capacitor).
  • Some methods involve complex calculations to be applied to the acquired data.
  • the instrument is not very reliable for diagnostic purposes
  • This invention has for an aim to provide an instrument and a method for detecting partial electric discharges and which overcome the above mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.
  • the aim of this invention is to provide an instrument and a method for detecting partial electric discharges in a manner which is particularly complete and significant for diagnostic purposes and which at the same time complies with standards so that the measurement results can be compared.
  • the instrument according to the invention comprises two different acquisition channels for the same discharge signal: the first being a broadband channel (hereinafter called HF channel), the second being a narrowband channel (hereinafter called LF channel), for example integrating a hardware analogue filter and/or a digital filter).
  • HF channel broadband channel
  • LF channel narrowband channel
  • the LF channel has an acquisition unit driven by a control signal generated by a trigger device operating on the HF channel.
  • the trigger of the LF channel is controlled in slave mode by the trigger of the HF channel.
  • the instrument comprises a third acquisition channel, also narrowband, and hence a second LF acquisition channel.
  • the second LF acquisition channel receives a signal picked up at the terminals of the indirect-measuring impedance device, while the first LF acquisition channel receives a signal picked up at the terminals of the direct- measuring impedance device, or vice versa.
  • All the acquisition channels digitize the respective signals in corresponding input stages.
  • the instrument comprises a processor configured to receive the digitized signals of the two LF channels in such a way as to compare them and digitally processes them in order to cancel the common mode noise components of the two signals.
  • the method according to the invention comprises detecting the same signal with two acquisition channels, one broadband HF channel and one narrowband LF channel.
  • the method comprises controlling the acquisition unit of the LF channel with a control signal generated by a trigger acting on the HF channel.
  • the method therefore comprises a crossed trigger step.
  • the fact of acquiring the signals in a narrow band allows compliance with standards, to be able to compare the results of the measurements with any other result compliant with standards.
  • the method according to the invention comprises also detecting a further signal (so as to detect, in all, signals both at the terminals of the direct- measuring impedance device and at the terminals of the indirect-measuring impedance device) and digitally comparing the signals (acquired in narrow band) in order to eliminate the components corresponding to common mode noise that may be present in the measuring circuit.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an instrument for detecting partial electrical discharges and connected to a circuit for detecting the partial discharges themselves;
  • FIG. 2 is a functional diagram of the instrument according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a functional diagram of the instrument of Figure 1 according to another embodiment, Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments of the Invention
  • the electric apparatus 2 to be measured is connected across a power source 3, designed to apply high voltage to the electric apparatus 2, and an earth node 4.
  • the measuring circuit also comprises a measuring impedance device 7 connected across a low-voltage terminal of the apparatus 2 and the earth node 4, this measuring impedance device 7 being hereinafter referred to as direct- measuring impedance device 7.
  • the instrument 1 comprises an input stage 9 designed to receive an analogue signal 10 representative of electrical pulses correlated with the partial discharges and to output a digital signal 11 forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the full waveform of the pulses.
  • the input stage 9 forms a detection bandwidth of at least 10 MHz (preferably at least 20 MHz), and is hereinafter referred to as HF input stage 9, while the digital signal 11 is hereinafter referred to as HF digital signal 11.
  • an A/D converter 13 that is, a sampler designed to convert the analogue signal 10 into the uninterrupted sample flow forming the HF digital signal 11.
  • the senor 12 is optimized for detecting signals in broadband.
  • the sensor 12 is configured to give a flat response in a frequency range from about 100-300 kHz to approximately 20 MHz.
  • an HFCT sensor or a measuring transformer might be used.
  • the A/D converter 13 has a particularly high sampling frequency
  • the instrument 1 also comprises a trigger module 14.
  • the trigger module 14 is connected to the HF input stage 9 for receiving the HF digital signal.
  • the trigger module 14 is also configured to generate a control signal 15 designed to allow selection of a plurality of samples of the flow according to a predetermined criterion (one of the several customary triggering methods).
  • the instrument 1 also comprises an HF acquisition unit 16.
  • HF digital acquisition signal 33 The digital signal generated by the HF acquisition unit 16 (comprising the segments) is referred to as HF digital acquisition signal 33.
  • the instrument 1 comprises an output stage 17 designed to receive and process the data received from the HF acquisition unit.
  • Tire HF output stage 9 the trigger module 14 and the HF acquisition unit 16 form a broadband acquisition channel 18 (hereinafter referred to as HF acquisition channel 18) of the instrument 1.
  • HF acquisition channel 18 a broadband acquisition channel 18 of the instrument 1.
  • the instrument 1 also comprises an input stage
  • LF input stage 19 (hereinafter referred as LF input stage 19) forming a detection bandwidth of less than approximately 2 MHz (preferably less than 500 kHz).
  • the LF input stage 19 comprises:
  • the senor 21 is optimized for detecting signals in narrowband.
  • the senor 21 is configured to give a flat response in a frequency range from about 100 kHz to approximately 2 MHz, offering a particularly high gain in that frequency interval.
  • the A/D converter 22 has a lower sampling frequency than the A/D converter 13 (for example, 5-20 Ms/s instead of 100 MS/s and over) but is configured to maximize sampling precision. More specifically, configurations that use low-noise, high-resolution A/D converters are preferable.
  • the instrument 1 might also comprise a single sensor 12, shared by the HF acquisition channel and an LF acquisition channel 180 (which mirrors the LF acquisition channel, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3).
  • the invention also contemplates use of a single A/D converter 13, shared by the HF acquisition channel and an LF acquisition channel.
  • the senor and the A/D converter must be configured to form a broadband.
  • the instrument 1 preferably comprises an analogue passband filter 23 connected upstream of the LF A D converter 22.
  • the analogue filter 23 has the advantage of allowing use of an LF A D converter 22 which is optimized for the narrow bandwidth.
  • the digital filter 24 has the advantage of allowing the bandwidth of the LF input stage 19 to be adjusted to adapt to different standards and/or to optimize the configuration of the instrument to a specific electrical apparatus 2 or to a specific measuring circuit.
  • the compensation module 25 may be connected upstream or downstream of the digital filter 24 but must necessarily be downstream of the LF AID converter 22 since it operates on a digital signal.
  • the LF acquisition unit 27 is connected to the trigger module 14 for receiving the control signal 15.
  • the LF acquisition unit 27 is configured to select from the compensated LF digital signal segments corresponding to the segments selected by the HF acquisition unit 16, that is to say, relating to the same corresponding electrical pulses.
  • the output stage 17 is designed to receive the data received from the LF acquisition unit 27 (that is to say, the segments relating to the discharge pulses).
  • the output stage 17 is designed to process the data received from the LF acquisition unit 27 in order to derive, for each pulse, an amplitude parameter value relating to the amplitude of that pulse, correlated with a corresponding predetermined value of that parameter (calculated on the basis of the data received from the HF acquisition unit 16).
  • the invention makes it possible to assign to each discharge pulse acquired an amplitude value (in terms of apparent charge assigned to the corresponding partial discharge) according to standards (thanks to the LF acquisition channel) and values of one or more parameters relating to the foil waveform calculated as a function of the signal acquired in broadband.
  • the instrument 1 further comprises a filtering module 29 connected downstream of the processing module 28 for comparing the derived values with preset reference values and deriving a filtering signal 30 designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to the output stage 17 of the data relating to one or more pulses, as a function of the comparison.
  • the LF acquisition unit 27 is also connected to the filtering module 29 for receiving the filtering signal 30.
  • the real time filtering effect (as a function of the predetermined parameter values calculated in real time on the HF acquisition channel) is reflected also on the LF acquisition channel.
  • instrument 1 particularly efficient, avoiding the waste of time and resources on signals which are irrelevant according to predetermined, user set parameters.
  • the compensation module 25 is connected to the processing module 28 in order to dynamically delay the uninterrupted flow of LF digital signal samples as a function of an estimated calculation time for the processes in progress in the processing module.
  • the processing module provides an accurate estimation of the time required by the compensation module to realign the two signals of the LF and HF channels.
  • the LF acquisition unit 27 is designed to receive a drive signal 15A conditioned as a function of the filtering signal 30 (for example, through a conditioning block 31 implemented through a control logic of per se known type, programmable by the user).
  • the digital signal generated by the LF acquisition unit 27 (comprising the segments) is referred to as LF digital acquisition signal 34.
  • the apparatus 2 that is, the insulating system of the apparatus
  • alternating current voltage 50 Hz in the example illustrated
  • the sync signal is picked up by a capacitive divider or other known system.
  • the processing unit 28 is designed to also receive the sync signal.
  • the processing module 28 is configured to extract (substantially in real time) for each pulse detected, the values at least of the following parameters:
  • phase parameter f representative of the phase of the voltage applied to the apparatus 1 concurrently with the pulse.
  • the amplitude of the pulse is correlated, for example, with the peak intensity of the pulse or with the effective value of the same, and is normally measured in V or pC.
  • the pulse phase is measured in degrees and varies between 0 and 360.
  • the processing module 28 is designed to extract other parameters, in addition to the amplitude parameter q and the phase parameter f.
  • the processing module 28 is designed to receive the digitized discharge signal containing the segments selected by the HF acquisition unit 16 and, for each pulse detected, to extract substantially in real time the value of at least one shape parameter correlated with the waveform of the pulse.
  • the processing module 28 is designed to extract (substantially in real time), for each detected pulse of the digital discharge signal, the value of a first shape parameter W, correlated with the frequency content of the pulse, and of a second shape parameter T, correlated with the duration of the pulse.
  • the processing module 28 is preferably programmed to operate as follows:
  • the first shape parameter W is derived as standard deviation of the partial discharge pulse processed in the frequency domain
  • the second shape parameter T is derived as standard deviation of the partial discharge pulse processed in the time domain.
  • the processing module 28 is designed to also extract the following parameters:
  • the processed digital signal generated by the processing module 28 preferably comprises the values extracted for these parameters.
  • a mass storage memory such as the hard disk of a computer, for example, is typically a storage memory
  • a RAM may, depending on how it is controlled, constitute a storage memory (as defined above) or, alternatively, a buffer (temporary memory), that is, a means of slowing down the data flow (at a certain point along the path followed by the data from input to output) but without interrupting it.
  • processing in real time is meant that processing occurs during the passage of the data from an input to an output in a substantially continuous flow, where the data flow can be slowed down by temporarily accumulating the data in a substantially volatile memory.
  • the filtering module 29 is designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to output of the values of the parameters extracted for all the pulses whose extracted amplitude and phase parameter values lie in a reference plane (q-f) having as its coordinates the phase and amplitude parameters inside or outside a filtering area defined by the reference values of the phase and amplitude parameters.
  • a reference plane q-f
  • the filtering module 29 comprises a chip which can be configured to define a filtering logic.
  • the filtering module 29 comprises an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and a DSP connected to each other.
  • FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
  • the FPGA constitutes a memory containing the data relating to the filtering parameter reference values and the type of filtering logic. Further, the FPGA receives as input the digital signal containing the filtering parameter values and outputs the filtered signal, that is, the signal without the data relating the pulses whose filtering parameter values do not satisfy the filtering criteria,
  • the DSP constitutes the interfacing means.
  • the filtering module 29 might also be made according to alternative embodiments.
  • an FPGA that also integrates the functions of the DSP might be used (in that case the DSP is not present).
  • a dedicated chip such as, for example, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), might be used.
  • the reference values for the amplitude and phase parameters define at least one filtering area in the reference plane q-f having as its coordinates the phase and amplitude parameters.
  • the filtering logic establishes whether disabling (that is, inhibition) of transfer to output of the extracted parameter values occurs for the pulses whose extracted amplitude and phase parameter values lie inside or outside the filtering area of the representation plane q-f.
  • the instrument 1 makes it possible to acquire (and hence make available at output) only the pulses which, in the representation plane q-f, lie inside or, alternatively, outside the filtering area defined by the predetermined reference values of the amplitude q and phase f parameters.
  • processing module 28 is designed to extract the parameters used for filtering; any other parameters (not used in the filtering module 29) are extracted preferably in the output stage 17 to avoid unnecessarily slowing down the data flow in the HF acquisition channel.
  • This advantageously also makes it possible to perform highly complex calculations (for extracting the parameters that require such calculations) only on significant pulses, so as to avoid wasting resources and hence time processing data that will inevitably be overwritten, that is to say, whose transfer to output will inevitably be disabled (that is, inhibited).
  • the output stage 17 might not perform any calculation where all the significant parameters are extracted in the processing module 28, that is, upstream of the filtering module 29.
  • the instrument 1 comprises at least one pair of reference values for the phase parameter and at least one pair of reference values for the amplitude parameter, defining at least one corresponding rectangular filtering area in the reference plane q-f having as its coordinates the phase and amplitude parameters.
  • two pairs of reference values of the parameters q and f constitute two pairs of coordinates, for identifying two points in the reference plane q-f, These points define one of the diagonals of the rectangle.
  • the filtering module 29 is designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to output of the data relating to (that is, the values of the parameters extracted for) all the pulses whose extracted amplitude and phase parameter values lie in the representation plane q-f inside (or outside) the filtering area.
  • the filtering module 8 may be provided with a plurality of reference values for the amplitude parameter q and a corresponding plurality of reference values for the phase parameter f, thus defining a plurality of filtering areas.
  • the filtering module 29 is configured to define a resultant filtering area that is the union of those filtering areas.
  • the filtering module 29 is designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to output of the data relating to (that is, the values of the parameters extracted for) all the pulses whose extracted amplitude and phase parameter values lie in the representation plane, inside, or alternatively, outside, all of those filtering areas.
  • the filtering module 29 is designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to output of the data relating to (that is of the parameter values extracted for) all the pulses whose extracted values of the first and second shape parameters (W and T) lie in a reference plane W-T having as its coordinates said first and second shape parameters inside (or, alternatively, outside) a filtering area defined by predetermined reference values of the first and second shape parameters.
  • the instrument 1 is designed to define two (or more) independent filtering criteria.
  • the first filtering criterion is based on the values of the parameters of amplitude q and phase f
  • the second filtering criterion is based on the values of the first shape parameter W and of the second shape parameter T.
  • the reference values of each pair of filtering parameters define corresponding filtering areas in the respective reference planes (more specifically, a first filtering area in the plane q-f and a second filtering area in the plane W-T).
  • the filtering logic defined by the filtering module 29 (and settable by the user of the instrument 1 through the interfacing means) can be configured in such a way that transmission of the data corresponding to a pulse is disabled when both the filtering criteria are met simultaneously or, alternatively, when at least one of the filtering criteria is met.
  • the filtering module 29 is designed to disable substantially in real time the transfer to output of the data relating to (that is, the values of the parameters extracted for) all the pulses whose extracted amplitude and phase parameter values lie in the reference plane q-f inside (or outside) the corresponding filtering area (defined by the reference values of the phase and amplitude parameters) and/or whose extracted values of the first and second shape parameters lie in a reference plane W-T inside (or outside) the corresponding filtering area (defined by the reference values of the first and second shape parameters).
  • the combination of a filtering criterion based on the amplitude and phase parameters and a filtering criterion based on the shape parameters is particularly effective because it synergically combines the effects of both filtering criteria.
  • the filtering criterion based on the amplitude and phase parameters is very important because the pulses relating to a partial discharge activity tend to be positioned in certain zones of the reference plane q-f.
  • the pulses due to certain disturbances are positioned in zones of the plane q-f different from those of the pulses relating to the partial discharges and thus able to be recognized and isolated. It is therefore important to be able to exclude certain zones of the plane q-f from acquisition.
  • certain groups may, depending on circumstances, be distinguishable in relation to certain parameters or combinations of parameters rather than others.
  • the areas might be defined in other ways - for example, the areas might be circular or ellipsoidal or based on any other suitable criterion. According to another aspect of the invention, combinations of more than two parameters might be used.
  • a filtering criterion to be set might be based on a combination of the amplitude parameter q, the phase parameter f and one (or both) of the shape parameters W and T.
  • combinations of pairs of parameters other than those described above might be used - for example the following combinations:
  • the instrument 1 also preferably comprises a display (not illustrated, being of per se known type, as for example, a screen) connected to the processing module 28 (that is, to the output stage 17) for displaying (for example) the parameters extracted in the processing module 28.
  • a display not illustrated, being of per se known type, as for example, a screen
  • the display is designed to display a representation of the pulses selected by the HF acquisition unit 16 and/or by the filtering module 29 in a representation plane having as its coordinates the amplitude and phase parameters.
  • the display is configured to represent the pulses as points in the reference plane q-f.
  • the display is designed to display a representation of the pulses in a representation plane T-W having as its coordinates the first and second shape parameters.
  • the display is configured to represent the pulses as points in the reference plane W-T.
  • the display is configured to represent the pulses in any representation plane, defined by two or three parameters selectable by the user of the instrument 1.
  • the display is connected to the interfacing means to allow the user of the instrument 1 to select at his/her discretion the parameters for displaying the pulses and to set corresponding reference values and filtering logics related to those parameters.
  • the interfacing means are configured to constitute a selector connected to the display to allow the user of the instrument 1 to select (that is, to define) at least one region of the representation plane (or rather, of at least one of the representation planes or spaces), so as to transfer to the processing unit corresponding values of the filtering parameters describing the selected space region.
  • These values constitute the reference values for the filtering module 29 and the selected space region constitutes the filtering area.
  • the discharge patterns for example the PRPD pattern in the plane q-f or the pattern in the plane T-W
  • the filtering areas for example by drawing rectangles with a mouse
  • the electrical apparatus 2 being measured is connected up in a measuring circuit including both the direct-measuring impedance device 7 and the indirect- measuring impedance device 8.
  • the instrument 1 comprises two LF acquisition channels 180: a first LF acquisition channel 180 and a second LF acquisition channel 180A.
  • the 180 comprises: the (first) LF sensor 21, the (first) LF A/D converter 22, the (first) analogue passband filter 23, the (first) digital filter 24, the (first) compensation module 25 and the (first) LF acquisition unit 27.
  • the second LF acquisition channel 180A (like the first LF acquisition channel 180 and hence, in accordance to what is described above) comprises: a (second) LF sensor 21 A, a (second) LF A/D converter 22 A, a (second) analogue passband filter 23 A, a (second) digital filter 24 A, a (second) compensation module 25 A and a (second) LF acquisition unit 27A,
  • the second LF input stage 21 A is designed to:
  • the second LF input stage 19A forms a detection bandwidth equal to that of the first LF input stage 19.
  • Said bandwidth is preferably less 2 MHz and, more preferably, is less than 500 kHz.
  • the second compensation module 25A is coupled to the second LF input stage 19A to dynamically slow down the uninterrupted flow of second LF digital signal 20A samples, thereby making available a second compensated LF digital signal 26A.
  • the second LF acquisition unit 27A is designed to receive the second compensated LF digital signal 26A LF and the signal 15 (or 15A, if the filtering module 29 is present). It is also configured to select from the flow of second compensated LF digital signal 26A samples groups of samples forming segments corresponding to individual electrical pulses and thus generating a second LF digital acquisition signal 34A.
  • the instrument 1 also comprises a processing block 35 designed to receive the first and the second LF digital acquisition signal 34 and 34A in order to generate a balanced digital signal 36.
  • the balanced digital signal 36 has no components representative of common mode electrical signals present in the measuring circuit.
  • this aspect of the invention (two parallel LF acquisition channels receiving signals from the direct- and indirect-measuring impedance devices respectively, and connected to the processing block 35 to derive the balanced digital signal 36) would be advantageous, for the detection of partial electric discharges in a particularly simple way (guaranteeing high sensitivity and immunity to noise), even if the HF acquisition channel 18 was absent.
  • the presence of three acquisition channels has considerable further advantages.
  • the effects connected with the simultaneous presence of HF and LF channels for example, the advantage of having a trigger on the broadband channel to also control acquisition of narrowband channels, and the advantages associated with the possibility of filtering in real time the pulses detected as a function of predetermined parameters extracted from the signal of the HF channel
  • the effects connected with the presence of two LF channels in a digital bridge configuration for example the advantage of eliminating noise components in a simple, rapid and effective way
  • the instrument 1 would comprise a trigger module 14, but the latter, in such case, would be connected up in one of the two LF acquisition channels.
  • the other LF acquisition channel would still have the trigger controlled in slave mode to the trigger module 14 connected up in the other channel.
  • the processing block 35 has access to a memory containing a transformation function T such that the first LF digital acquisition signal coincides (except for the sign) with the second LF digital acquisition signal transformed by the transformation function, in the absence of the signals produced by components generated by common mode electric signals present in the measuring circuit.
  • the balanced digital signal 36 is the difference between the first LF digital acquisition signal 34 and the second LF digital acquisition signal 34A transformed by the transformation function, or vice versa.
  • A is a constant (correlated with the amplitude of the pulses) and co 0 is a phase value (so as to express a phase shift).
  • the transformation function is of the following type.
  • the processing block 35 is configured to perform the windowing before the signal is, if necessary, transformed in the frequency domain (Fourier transform).
  • this invention also provides an instrument 1 for detecting partial electrical discharges which occur in an electrical apparatus 2 connected up in a measuring circuit having the direct-measuring impedance device 7 and the indirect-measuring impedance device 8 described above.
  • Said instrument comprises, in combination:
  • the first LF input stage 19 forming a detection bandwidth of less than 2 MHz (preferably less than 500 kHz);
  • a first LF acquisition unit 27 connected to the first LF input stage 19— in order to receive the first LF digital signal 20 - and to a trigger module (for example coupled to the first LF acquisition channel 180 or to an HF acquisition channel 18, if any) - in order to receive a control signal 15 designed to allow samples of said flow to be selected according to a predetermined criterion, and configured to select from the flow of samples groups of samples forming segments corresponding to individual electrical pulses as a function of the control signal 15, thus generating a first LF digital acquisition signal 34;
  • a trigger module for example coupled to the first LF acquisition channel 180 or to an HF acquisition channel 18, if any
  • the second LF input stage 19A forming a detection bandwidth of less than 2 MHz (preferably less than 500 kHz);
  • a second LF acquisition unit 27A connected to the second LF input stage 19A - in order to receive the second LF digital signal 20 A - and configured to receive the control signal 15 designed to allow samples of said flow to be selected according to a predetermined criterion, and configured to select from the flow of samples groups of samples forming segments corresponding to individual electrical pulses as a function of the control signal 15, thus generating a second LF digital acquisition signal 34 A;
  • processing block 35 designed to receive the first and second LF digital acquisition signals 34 and 34 A to generate a balanced digital signal 36 without components representative of common mode electrical signals present in the measuring circuit;
  • This invention also provides a method for detecting partial electric discharges in an electrical apparatus 2.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • the analogue signal 10 representative of electrical pulses correlated with the partial discharges and outputting the HF digital signal 11 forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the full waveform of the pulses (the analogue signal 10 being picked up without distinction from the direct-measuring impedance device 7 or from the indirect-measuring impedance device 8);
  • control signal 15 designed to allow selection of a plurality of samples of the flow according to a predetermined criterion through a trigger module 14 that receives the HF digital signal 11;
  • This processing step may be performed in the processing module 28 (if present), in real time, and/or in the output stage 17. These parameters are particularly significant for diagnostic purposes since they take into account the full waveform of the pulses detected in broadband.
  • the method further comprises the following steps:
  • the analogue signal 10 and outputting the LF digital signal 20 forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the waveform of the pulses;
  • this amplitude value meets the criteria required by standards.
  • selection of the segments from the LF compensated digital signal 26 is performed also as a function of the filtering signal 30.
  • the step of dynamically slowing down the uninterrupted flow of LF digital signal 20 samples is performed as a function of an estimated calculation time for the step of processing substantially in real time the segments selected by the HF acquisition unit, through a dedicated control logic.
  • the step of receiving in the LF narrowband acquisition channel comprises:
  • the method entails generating a first and a second LF digital output signal 20 and 20 A forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the pulses.
  • Both the first and the second LF digital signals 20 and 20A are subjected to the slowing down and selecting steps (described above) to generate a first and a second LF digital acquisition signal 34 and 34A.
  • the processing step comprises comparing the first and second LF digital acquisition signals 34 and 34A to generate a balanced digital signal 36 without components representative of common mode electrical signals present in the measuring circuit, and then processing said balanced digital signal 36.
  • the method comprises a step of providing a transformation function T such that the first LF digital acquisition signal 34 coincides with the second LF digital acquisition signal 34A transformed by the transformation function, in the absence of the signals produced by components generated by common mode electric signals present in the measuring circuit.
  • 34A involves subtracting the second LF digital acquisition signal, transformed by the transformation function, from the first LF digital acquisition signal, or vice versa, in order to derive the balanced digital signal.
  • the transformation function is of the type indicated above by the expression (1) or, alternatively, by the expression (2).
  • the step of providing the transformation function comprises the following steps:
  • the step of acquiring in broadband is not essential but is preferable (for the reasons set out above).
  • the invention also provides a method for detecting partial electrical discharges in an electrical apparatus connected to a measuring circuit having a direct-measuring impedance device connected across a low-voltage termmal of the electrical apparatus and an earth node, and an indirect-measuring impedance device connected across the earth node and a low voltage terminal of a coupling capacitor connected in parallel to the electrical apparatus.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • a first LF input stage 19 receiving, in a first LF input stage 19, a first analogue signal 10 picked up at the terminals of the direct-measuring impedance device 7 and representative of electrical pulses correlated with the partial discharges and outputting a first LF digital signal 20 forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the full waveform of said pulses, the first LF input stage forming a bandwidth of less than 2 MHz (preferably less than 500 kHz);
  • first LF acquisition unit 27 that receives the first LF digital signal 20 and a control signal 15 designed to allow selection of samples of said flow and of groups of samples forming segments corresponding to individual electrical pulses as a function of the control signal, thus generating a first LF digital acquisition signal 34;
  • a second LF input stage 19A receiving, in a second LF input stage 1 A, a second analogue signal 32 picked up at the terminals of the indirect-measuring impedance device 8 and representative of electrical pulses correlated with the partial discharges and outputting a second LF digital signal 20A forming an uninterrupted sample flow representative of the pulses, the second LF input stage 19A forming a bandwidth of less than 2 MHz (preferably less than 500 kHz);

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L'invention concerne un instrument (1) et un procédé servant à détecter les décharges électriques partielles. L'invention fait intervenir l'acquisition d'un signal de décharge (10) qui est capté par exemple par un dispositif de mesure directe de l'impédance (7) par l'intermédiaire d'un canal d'acquisition HF en bande large (18), ainsi que l'acquisition du signal de décharge (10) dans un canal d'acquisition BF en bande étroite (180) conforme aux réglementations, du fait de l'utilisation, sur le canal d'acquisition BF (180) d'un déclencheur commandé en mode esclave par un déclencheur du canal d'acquisition HF en bande large (18). Par ailleurs, l'invention repose sur l'acquisition d'un autre signal de décharge (32), qui est capté par un dispositif de mesure indirecte de l'impédance (8) par l'intermédiaire d'un deuxième canal d'acquisition BF en bande étroite (180A). Elle englobe aussi l'opération consistant à comparer les signaux numériques (34, 34A) qui ont été générés dans le premier et le deuxième canaux d'acquisition BF (180, 180A) afin de générer un signal numérique équilibré (36) sans que des composantes représentatives des signaux électriques en mode commun ne soient présentes dans le circuit de mesure.
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